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<li>Choose the desired 
  
<a href="../../doc/Line_en.html#type">line type</a> in the options
toolbar.</li>
  
<li>Use the mouse to specify the location of the start point of the line or
enter a coordinate in the command line.</li>
  
<li>Click the entity to which you want to create the tangent. Usually, two
tangents are possible. When moving the mouse around, you can see a preview of
the tangent that will be created.</li>
</ol>
